<b>A <b><i>Death Note</i></b> Encyclopedia</b> <p/>An encyclopedic guide to the <b><i>Death Note</i></b> manga series, including character bios, storyline summaries, interviews with creators Tsugumi Oba and Takeshi Obata, production notes and commentaries, and bonus manga pages. <p/><b>The Ultimate Death Note Encyclopedia!</b> <p/>Here, in one authoritative volume: everything you need to know about <i><b>Death Note</b></i>, the best-selling manga series. Featuring complete character biographies, detailed storyline summaries, production notes, and behind-the-scenes commentaries. <i><b>Death Note 13: How to Read</b></i> also includes exclusive interviews with creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata and a bonus manga chapter of never-before-translated material. Unless you own your very own death note, it doesn't get any better than this!<br><br><b>Author:</b> Tsugumi Ohba<br><b>Publisher:</b> Viz Media<br><b>Published:</b> 02/01/2008<br><b>Pages:</b> 280<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.90lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.60d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781421518886<br><b>Audience:</b> Young Adult<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Born in Tokyo, Tsugumi Ohba is the author of the hit series <i>Death Note, Bakuman</i> and<i> Platinum End..</i> <p/>Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title<i> Hikaru no Go</i>, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shins